Chapter 337
Although Su Qingci was suspicious, she didn't think much about it.
After arranging things for Kong Yuzhen, she changed her skirt.
Her hair was like Kong Yuzhen's, scattered down, with a small braid from her forehead to behind her ears fixed at the back of her head with a clip, and the rest of her hair was scattered randomly.
She didn't put on any makeup. Su Qingci had bright eyes, white teeth and delicate features. Although she didn't dress up, her fair face, red lips, curved eyebrows and bright smile made her look like a peach blossom blooming in the morning sun, bright and delicate.
"Dongdongdong~"
It was Aunt Qin knocking on the door.
"Yuzhen, Sixth Master asked us to go downstairs for dinner."
"Okay, we got it. We'll be right down."
Su Qingci was a little confused. "Aren't we going to the banquet? Eat first and then go?"
Kong Yuzhen pulled out a beautiful, exquisite small leather bag from the closet and casually replied, "The banquet will be at noon. When we first go in, we'll just chat and greet people. There are snacks and cakes, but who can eat them as a meal?"
"It's better to eat at home before going out. Besides, in places like that, everyone's focused on making friends. If we just eat everywhere, wouldn't we look like the odd ones out? Wouldn't that be shameful?"
"Those bitches might even laugh at me later because I can't afford to eat and I'm starving. Humph, I won't give them a chance to laugh at me. I have to eat my fill before I go."
After Kong Yuzhen finished packing, she pulled Su Qingci downstairs.
Kong Liu and Zhou Mingyue were already sitting at the table. Hearing the noise, Kong Liu looked up at the two of them. His eyes lit up slightly, and his gaze shifted from Su Qingci's face to Kong Yuzhen's face.
His expression also changed from admiration at the beginning to expressionless later.
"Brother, look, isn't it beautiful?" Kong Yuzhen pinched the hem of her skirt with both hands and turned around in front of Kong Liu. After turning, she glanced at Zhou Mingyue beside her with a proud look.
Looking at Zhou Mingyue's constipated expression, Kong Yuzhen was even more smug with her nose in the air.
Kong Liu didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he smiled and said, "It's really beautiful."
Kong Yuzhen was even happier. She grabbed Kong Liu's arm and started to complain, "Brother, I finally understand now. I was harmed by someone with ulterior motives before."
"Some black-hearted, evil-minded bastards deliberately said nonsense in front of me and misled me, causing me to dress in a weird way and become a laughing stock!"
"Humph, luckily Yuyan is here, otherwise~"
Su Qingci looked at Zhou Mingyue who was eating breakfast calmly, and couldn't help but sigh at the other party's strong psychological quality.
Kong Yuzhen almost pointed at her nose and scolded her, but she remained calm as if she couldn't hear anything.
Kong Liu listened to Kong Yuzhen's words and glanced at Su Qingci. "Did Yuyan help you dress up? It really suits your style."
"Yuyan, you've worked hard. Please sit down."
Su Qingci's heart tightened. Kong Liu's eyes didn't look like one of gratitude towards her. Her suspicion was correct. The other party had really been deliberately watching Kong Yuzhen make a fool of herself.
The breakfast was very rich, with fried eggs, millet porridge, steamed buns, rice cakes and sweet soy milk.
Kong Yuzhen said she wanted to eat her fill, so she only ate a rice cake and half a cup of sweet soy milk. She was afraid that if she ate too much, her belly would bulge. The skirt she was wearing was fitted at the waist, and a belly would not look good.
However, Su Qingci showed off two fried eggs, a bowl of millet porridge, a steamed bun and two rice cakes in one breath.
"Aren't you guys eating anymore?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Su Qingci asked innocently.
Zhou Mingyue looked disgusted. He was indeed from a small place, like a starving ghost. "Yeah, I'm full."
"Are you all full? Sixth Master Yuzhen, you guys aren't eating either?"
"That's perfect, don't waste it. I've eaten these two rice cakes too. This is my first time eating rice cakes in Shanghai. They're crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, so delicious."
Su Qingci had no idea what image or politeness meant. She only knew that there would be a tough battle to fight soon and she needed to eat and drink enough.
Su Qingci didn't let everyone wait too long and stuffed two small pieces of rice cake into her mouth in a few bites.
When Kong Yuzhen saw that she had finished eating, she pulled her back to the room, put on some lip balm, rinsed her mouth, and put a mint candy in her mouth.
"Here, hold it in your mouth. Otherwise, if there's a strange smell when you talk later, people will dislike you."
Su Qingci watched Kong Yuzhen hand her a green candy the size of a peanut with a lid, then she pinched it with her hands and put it in her mouth.
As expected, there are so many names, just like going to serve the emperor in bed in ancient times.
When Kong Yuzhen and Su Qingci went downstairs, Abu was already waiting at the door in the Six Hundred Shopping Mall's car.
Su Qingci obediently followed a few people into the car one by one, leaning against the glass window to look at the scenery outside.
Shanghai is worthy of being a big city developed in later generations. At that time, there were already many cars and trams on the streets, and many high-rise buildings on both sides of the wide and clean roads. Its economy was not only ahead of the mainland, but even Kyoto was far ahead of it.
The car circled around the city and crossed a very wide bridge. People wearing avant-garde and fashionable clothes began to appear on the street.
Soon, I saw a yellow-haired, blue-eyed foreigner holding a camera and taking pictures of the crowd on the street.
Su Qingci was a little confused. She was not very good at history. Hadn't the French Concession and the British Concession in Shanghai been returned to the Chinese people decades ago?
In recent years, the country has been focusing on self-production and self-sales, and the outside world has been basically closed off. I didn’t expect to see foreigners in the country again?
Seeing Su Qingci staring blankly outside, Kong Yuzhen explained, "We've reached the Bund now. This area used to be concessions for various countries."
"So the architecture is a little different, and many of them have the style of Western countries."
Su Qingci was silent for a moment before asking, "Can foreigners run around freely in Shanghai?"
Zhou Mingyue looked at Su Qingci like a country bumpkin and said contemptuously, "You're really surprised by something you haven't seen before. If you read more newspapers, you'll know that in recent years, most of the distinguished foreign guests received by the country have gone to the Shanghai Tower to climb up and take in the view."
"You might never see this kind of foreign guest in your inland area, but in Shanghai, everyone is used to it..."
Following Zhou Mingyue's condescending tone, the car slowly stopped.
Su Qingci got out of the car behind a few people and looked up at the castle-like building in front of her.
Zhou Mingyue seemed to enjoy the feeling of superiority, and looked at Su Qingci who started to show off again.
"This is the famous Ruijin Hotel. It's where Commissioner Jiang and Miss Song held their engagement ceremony. It's been closed to the public ever since."
"The back is the city government's guesthouse, where many of our country's capitals have stayed."
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